Koei Tecmo will soon bring a new chapter of the Attack on Titan franchise to consoles and PC with Attack on Titan 2. In order to know more, DualShockers had a chat with Koei Tecmo President and Chief Operating Officer Hisashi Koinuma (who is also working on the game as Producer), and Omega Force Manager Hideo Suzuki. First of all, we heard why the publisher decided to extend the release to the Nintendo Switch. According to Koinuma-san, one big challenge of working on beloved anime title is to make them as accessible as possible to as many people as possible. The first game had a portable version on PS Vita, even if it was never released in the west. For the second game, the company looked at the availability of the hardware on the market and made an effort to reach the broadest demographic possible. That’s why they decided to go for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch in the west, with a PS Vita version available only in Japan. Asked whether the Nintendo Switch version will be more similar to the PS4 version or the one for PS Vita, we actually heard that it’s closer to the PS3 version of the first game. Unfortunately for fans of the PlayStation Vita, we also got a confirmation that there are no plans for a last-minute release for Sony’s portable in the west. Interestingly, anime IP have become increasingly popular among game developers in the last few years, but Koinuma-san explained that Koei… [Read full story]